Nope.  I worked on the Hill case with Butler Prather.  What the sentence should say is that Ford was found liable for punitive damages in the amount of $1.7 billion.  Rest assured, Ford has NOT paid that money yet.

The gas tanks on these trucks were located outside the frame rails. More than 900 people have burned in these trucks—many to death—since Gm introduced the line in 1973. The company knew then the design was defective, but did nothing because a memo written by a GM engineer, Edward Ivey, calculated that it was cheaper…

Just don’t get t-boned in one, or t-bone anyone driving one. More than 900 C/K drivers have been burned—many to death—in these trucks since 1973. GM knew the design was defective even then. The company did nothing because it would cost more to undertake a recall than to pay settlements, based on GM’s internal…

Not that Scalia didn’t read his own values into the Constitution. He did it all the time. Citizens United comes to mind, but the point is whether we want judges to have that power.

Many of the excerpts you cite are taken a bit out of context. I was no fan of Scalia, particularly not the acerbic, ad hominem attacks in Kennedy in some of his more recent dissents. But, Roe, Casey, Lawrence, and even Obergefell were all decisions under the Due Process Clause, rather than the Equal Protection Clause…